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[stayinthecar]

[in the mess hall, there's a killer robot with a tiny blonde girl, a large box on the table in front of them, obscuring them from view]

Please, Ro, it's important to me.

It's a ridiculous question, Zee.

No it isn't.

Fine, fine...

[the conversation drops off, and you hear Zeta counting.. then a crunch]

--please try not to do that. You'll have

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[jstalovemachine]

What are you trying to do?

[stayinthecar]

Determine, to within a .5% margin of error, how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop.

How are you, Zima?

[jstalovemachine]

How're you doing with that so far?

I'm all right. I see Ro is here now.

[stayinthecar]

Well.

She is. I was very happy when she arrived.

[jstalovemachine]

Mm, I bet. You're lucky.

[stayinthecar]

Yes. I am. Now, I just have to get us out of here, and things will be fine.

[jstalovemachine]

Any ideas so far?

[thecarisboring]

[talking around the Tootsie Pop] Put me in a sugar coma, apparently.

[jstalovemachine]

How's the research going?

[thecarisboring]

About as well as you'd think.

Strangely enough, people keep walking off with our sample. Guess we'll have to quit if we run out.

[jstalovemachine]

I can't imagine why people would be taking free candy. Still, I think you've still got a ways to go yet before they're all gone.

[thecarisboring]

Eh, I got plenty of time. So how've you been?

[jstalovemachine]

Nothing but time, here.

I've been okay. You?

[thecarisboring]

Extremely bored. Or insane. Only reasons I can think of for agreeing to this.

[jstalovemachine]

What, not interested in furthering scientific knowledge?

[thecarisboring]

What can I say? Lab rat wasn't high on my list of dream jobs.

Could I talk you into accidentally wandering off with one or two of these?